I Am No King's
Chapter 7 - Battle Royale Begins
Emirs POV
Finally, the moment for me to participate in the battle royale has come. With Lugalgin's help, I believe I can win. If only I could participate myself, I would have participated long ago. Unfortunately, my father did not allow it.
[And our last participant, Lugalgin Alhold, was the participant representing the Princess Emir Falch Exequoer. Lugalgin Alhold is a graduate of Exas High School and has the highest theoretical examination scores in the Bana'an Kingdom. But he's on the other side, he's an incompetent. In another story, this was the first time the Princess Emir Falch Exequoer had participated in a Battle Royale. What did the Emir Princess see from this Lugalgin Alhold participant? Let's see together.]
Uh, how short is that? Nothing else can be brought up from Lugalgin. And again, it was more like an insult to Lugalgin.
"Eh, Emir, Lugalgin became your Regal Knight?"
I turned my head to the left when I heard the question from Sister Yurika. Sister Yurika is the first sister in my family while I am the third child. Her pink hair gave off a soft impression, unlike my red hair which gave off a horror impression. She has the same eye color as her hair. His royal family image grew stronger with his twin tail hairstyle.
But what I didn't expect was, it seemed that Brother Yurika really knew Lugalgin. Fuck up! So Lugalgin lied when he said he didn't know brother.
"Yes, brother, I refer Lugalgin to be my Regal Knight candidate."
"Candidate? Let me guess, he must be the one who refused to be your Regal Knight, right?"
Uh, sister Yurika knows him better than me. I became more and more upset.
"By the way, Brother Yurika knows Lugalgin since when?"
I should try to find out. Where is Lugalgin's lie.
"Ahhh, briefly, maybe about two years."
Whahuh? Lugalgin knew Yurika's sister longer than she knew me? It's unforgivable. He secretly approached Yurika's sister.
"But, if he had won, what would you have done?"
"Eh?"
"If Lugalgin be..."
What brother? I can't hear Yurika's sister. If you want to talk do not cover his mouth using fan dong.
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[Alright as usual, participants will be given an amulet that they attach to their limbs. Each amulet will provide protection to participants as well as an indicator of whether participants are still allowed to continue the match or not. The indicator is the HP bar on the screen.]
The amulet referred to by commentators is a circular gray stone with ornaments forming the letter T. This amulet can be affixed to any part of the participant's body, so I attached it to an iron armor on my chest.
It seems that this Amulet is connected to a giant screen next to this closed stadium. I could see there were 21 photos of people with green bars beside them. For the indicator in question, as far as I know, it relates to the green bar on the screen. So the green bar is like HP, health point, on the game. If that bar runs out, then I'll be eliminated.
With this Amulet and HP system, all participants can fight wholeheartedly without worrying about getting hurt or injuring their opponent. And for me, I don't have to worry about the opponent's weapon scratching my body and making me bleed. If the opponent's weapons touch my blood, their controlling power will disappear. And it can make my abilities unfold. I don't want to.
Of all the opponents, the most formidable was Zage Mermuke, Regal Knight princess Yurika. He wore a heavy grey armor with a yellow stripe commonly used on the front lines of warfare. His main weapon was a spear and shield. Other than those two weapons, there was a sword sheathed on his waist. No long-range weapons at all. Her hair that was cut half a centi showed a brown color like her eyes. Although he could not see it because it was covered with all his armor, but I believe he must have been wearing igni clothes underneath.
Unlike me who is only 18 years old, he is already 29 years old. Perhaps you think that princess Yurika is already about the same age as her Regal Knight, but it is wrong. Princess Yurika is only 22 years old, 4 years older than me and 3 years older than the Emir.
Zage Mermuke has been a Regal Knight since Princess Yurika was seven years old. So, roughly, by then Zage was already fourteen years old. Within fourteen years of becoming Regal Knight princess Yurika, Zage had already participated in all battle royale, four times, and became champion twice. Thanks to her first victory, approximately 9 years ago, the family of princess Yurika managed to rise from concubine to empress.
He comes from a noble family called Duke. His family's Duke peerage was also thanks to his second battle royale victory. Normally for a Baron to rise in rank to Duke, it would take a really big effort. It might take two to three generations for the Baron to ascend to the Duke. Not to mention, the chances of his noble title being revoked were much greater during those two or three generations. I was lucky enough that Zage was on the other side of the stadium. The distance with me is the farthest compared to the other participants.
The second most difficult opponent was Ufia Zas Alhold, the youngest daughter of the father's second sister. His black eyes were in tune with his long braided black hair, behind his neck like a tail. He was about the same height as me, probably about 175 or 176 cm.
Ufia used a pair of hovering cannons as her long-range weapon. For his close-range weapon he used a large sword one and a half meters long. In my opinion, his slim body does not look suitable if carrying such a large sword. He must have used his controlling power to swing that sword.
Ufia wore purple igni suits with kevlar and dark blue cargo pants, with no t-shirts or other clothing under her kevlar. I wanted to attack his kevlar and see his curves wrapped only in igni clothes. Unfortunately it will not be able to happen because there is this protective amulet. Ahh, it's a pity, but yes.
From the name, you can tell that Ufia also comes from the Alhold family. His middle name, Zas, indicates that he's not the first family like me. Since his father married young, then automatically his children were older than me and Ninlin. He himself was three years older than me, becoming a Regal Knight roughly four years ago.
He won his first battle royale three years ago. And since he, or perhaps we, did not come from a noble family and the Alhold family had the basic principle of not being a noble, thanks to the founding sir, so he only asked for a letter of recommendation and introduction from His Majesty the King.
For other participants? Normal. Other participants have participated in battle royale and his abilities are arguably not too flashy. Their achievements outside the battle royale were also not very well. Well, most of them come from noble families anyway, so I'm not too worried. What was alarming were some people who did not come from noble families. They were the best graduates of the knight school in this kingdom. However, in my opinion, these non-noble people are quite normal in the black market world.
"Okay, analysis time is over, time to fight," I muttered to myself.
It was seen that all the participants were already prepared with all their weapons. We all exchanged glances, strategized.
[With this, the 67th Battle Royale begins.]
Along with the commentator's words, a loud bell sound rang. All the participants moved immediately. Participants who prioritize long-range weapons immediately retreat while participants who prioritize close-range weapons immediately go forward.
Me? Of course I'm backing out. I jumped up and went back several times until I was at the end of the arena. I leaned against the arena's perimeter wall.
[Oh, what's going on? Lugalgin who should have used a short-range weapon, Toya, even retreated to the end of the arena. Was he afraid of the fight that was going on in front of him?]
Huh huh? Afraid? Of course not. I retreated because I wanted to save the stamina to fight with the remaining people. This is the standard fighting strategy in the black market world. But for those who consider the honor of a knight to be important, I who left the code of conduct of the knight, who always faced the opponent valiantly from the front, must be considered a coward and a loser. I also did not care even though the audience above me threw caci maki. I'm not a knight.
At first the other participants were surprised at my actions, but eventually they refocused on the fight before his eyes. It was not uncommon for multiple bullet and laser attacks to come at me. I managed to dodge it or restrain it by using a shield, preventing my HP from being reduced. Meanwhile, I saw on the screen that many participants had already lost nearly half of their HP.
In this match, it is very possible to use the opponent's weapon if by chance the controlling power of the attacker and his opponent is the same. Because of this, each participant who uses a hovering weapon will keep their weapon not too far from their body. The further their weapons drifted from their bodies, the greater the likelihood that their weapons would be used by their opponents.
Finally there was one of the participants who charged at me directly. The man was wearing a light armor commonly used by palace guards and a spear. Without a second thought, I raised my left arm and bent my elbow. With a special move on my finger and elbow, I fired a shot from the shield on my left. A bullet with high penetration strength shot out quickly.
Without the effect of an explosive sound or anything, the male head instantly retreated backwards, followed by his body. He also fell backwards. At that instant, I saw the male HP bar descend from the previously orange one directly to the red one and then run out.
[Ohh, what is this? Our participants who previously retreated and fled the fight actually did the first kill. Does that mean he is waiting for this moment?]
The commenter made a harsh comment. Well, I don't care either. Fortunately the Emir did not force me to fight using a knight code of conduct. And of course, I did the first kill to the attention of all the participants.
Out of all the participants, I could feel the view of Ufia was the coldest. Although from birth he always insulted me and looked me one eye, this time I could feel something else from his sight. I know that he thinks of me as an impurity of the Alhold surname. And with my treatment not showing this knight's code of conduct, he must have considered me inferior to before.
Aside from Ufia, I can hear the maki cachet from the stands above me getting louder. Were it not for the protective membrane in this arena, there would have been many flying objects heading towards me.
After the first kill I did, participant after participant began to lose and be eliminated. And of course, I continued to dodge and withstand all the long-range attacks that came at me. One other player came to me. The man used a pair of basoka as his long-range weapon and a sword and shield for his close-range weapon.
He shot both basokanya towards me. Since the shot was a grenade launcher, I couldn't stop it with my shield. Not for fear of my shield being destroyed. I'm pretty sure that my shield won't be destroyed by his basokanya gunfire. But if I hold it, then the smoke will billow from my shield and block the view.
I ran towards him while lowering my body, avoiding both shots. Without giving him a chance to fire an additional shot, I fired the first shot from the left shield. He managed to dodge my first shot, but I didn't let him just like that. I fired the second shot from my right shield. Since he was just moving, he was unable to change the course of his body all of a sudden. I forced him to use the shield on his left hand.
Bumm
The bullet I fired exploded on his shield, producing black smoke and blocking his view. Normally, people would attack to his right side where he held a sword. Because if he were to be attacked, it would be difficult to defend by using the sword. But I did something different, the left side was my target.
"What?"
He was surprised when he realized I was on the left side when he was already preparing with the sword on the right side. I swung my toyak right at his head, but he didn't just give up. His reflexes were fast enough that he had time to move his shield to stop my toyaku. Unfortunately, I also predicted.
I twist my hand a little at the end of this toya. After I did so, one third of my toe broke instantly. Not broken, but changed shape. While the middle of my toyaku was being held back by his shield, the remaining third turned behind his shield and hit his head. The man fell down immediately when he received my attack.
My toyaku is not just a toya. With a little twist on a certain part, then this toya will turn into a three-sectional-staff. And by re-spinning one piece, my toyaku becomes a normal long stick like before.
I looked at the screen and saw that only seven people remained. This man I just attacked finally ran out of HP. He's been eliminated.
Of the six remaining participants, of course Zage and Ufia were included. With the remaining people, I think it's time I descended directly into the battleground. They won't let me relax like before. With that thought, I mumbled back to myself.
"Alright, time for action."
Seriate
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